Support Groups

Spokane New listings

Bipolar/Depression Support Group – Meets the third Monday of every month; 6:30-8 p.m., Deaconess Health and Education Building, 910 W. Fifth, Room 267. Call (509) 838-5515.

Infertility Support Group – Meets the second Wednesday of every month; 6:30-8 p.m., Sacred Heart’s Mother Gamelin Center, 20 W. Ninth Ave., Notre Dame Room. Call (509) 926-8400.

Ongoing

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous – For local contact, call (781) 255-8825, Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Thursdays from 9 a.m.-8 p.m, or visit www.slaafws.org.

Stepping Forward – Two classes that help cancer patients and their family members through the emotional issues of cancer. Class times and locations vary according to patients’ needs. To register, call the Providence Cancer Center at (509) 474-5490.

Spina Bifida – For anyone who has been touched by Spina Bifida. Meeting places and dates change; Ed at (509) 326-6355 or Susan at (509) 892-6756.

Spiritual Discovery and Support Group – Meets 10 to 11 a.m. on Wednesdays, Unity Church, 2900 S. Bernard St. Call Reverend Clare Austen at (509) 838-6518.

Spokane Parent to Parent – Group for parents who have children with disabilities meets the fourth Tuesday of the month at The Arc of Spokane, 127 W. Boone. For times, call (509) 328-6326; fax (509) 328-6342; or e-mail, p2p@arc-spokane.org.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome – Meets the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. Locations alternate monthly between Argonne County Library and Northside County Library; call for a location; (509) 456-0505.

Survivor Citizen Action Team – Survivors of vehicular assault from impaired drivers meet the second Tuesday of the month, 6:30 p.m., Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council’s Prevention Center, 8104 E. Sprague; (509) 922-8383.

Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests – Meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 2011 W. Garland; 991-8834 or Michael at (509) 701-4730.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly – Meets Fridays, 7 a.m. weigh-in, 8 a.m. meeting, Reardan Presbyterian Church, 150 W. Spokane Ave.; (509) 244-3708.

Idaho

KMC Caregiver’s Support Group – meets first and third Thursdays of the month, 10-11 a.m., at Kootenia Medical Center McGrane Center classroom, 2003 Lincoln Way; Karen Pearl, (208) 666-2355.

La Leche League of Greater Coeur d’Alene – meets at 10 a.m. the second Wednesday of the month at the Harding Family Center, 411 N. 15th St.; offers mother-to-mother support; Kimberlee, (208) 689-9254; Bonnie, 664-5659; Jolie, 765-4393.

Living Lightly – for those interested in permanently changing fat cells and creating a natural body weight; meets 6-7 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of every month, Shoshone Medical Center, Kellogg; (208) 784-6771.

Man to Man: Prostate Cancer Support Group – meets the first Thursday of every month, 7-9 p.m., Kootenai Medical Center classrooms, 2003 Lincoln Way; 765-5020 or 666-3828.

Mended Hearts– meets at 3-4 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the KMC Health Resource Center, 2003 Lincoln Way; (208) 666-2030.

Mothers of Multiples – meet the second Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m., Schneidmiller Conference Room of the Kootenai Medical Center Health Park, 1300 E. Mullan, Post Falls; (208) 666-0699.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group – meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month at the Post Falls Senior Center, Third Street in Post Falls; (208) 773-9372.

Narcotics Anonymous – meets Sundays, 7-8:15 p.m., Kootenai Medical Center classrooms, 2003 Lincoln Way; (208) 666-2030.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill – meets the second Wednesday of every month, 7-9 p.m., Kootenai Medical Center classrooms, 2003 Lincoln Way; (208) 664-6056.

National Stuttering Project, Eastern Washington-North Idaho Chapter – meets the first Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m.; (509) 326-0229 or (509) 328-9754.

North Idaho Cancer Support Group – for anyone touched by cancer; 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesdays, Lake City Community Church, 6000 Ramsey Road, Coeur d’Alene; (208) 773-5495.

North Idaho Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Support Group – meets at 6 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month at Vista Outreach, 127 S. Seventh St., St. Maries; Infant Loss Support Group meets at 7 p.m. in same location on the same day; Liz, (208) 582-1879.